Postings by Zoe's Family

It was too hard for us to continue feeding all raw, between cost and finding all the corect ingrediants. We feed grain free dog food for the morning meal and raw for the evening meal and never had a problem with it. I limit the bone to maybe every 2 weeks. I think you need to know your dog, and what works for some dogs might not work for other dogs.

This is a pretty easy forum to post on. People are very tolerant of everyones different feeding styles. No one comes on here to pick a fight, usually. I feed raw in the am and a high quality grain free kibble at night. Mostly because I was worried about the right nutrition combination and cost. My black lab had so many ear infections that we didn't even go in to see the vet anymore. We would treat, wait a week and start over. After switching to completely raw, and then the above combination she hasn't had an ear infection. In over 18 months. Not one. Even my vet is impressed. She had such bad stomach aches and gas she could clear the house. Problem solved. Most of us who switch to raw take it very seriously, know our dogs and do what is best for them. As I said eveyone here is pretty easy going, maybe if someone really wants to fight they should go over to the yahoo raw feeding forum.

I was told by so many people that my dogs would become more hyper and violent feeding raw and it simply has not happened. We feed alot of vension and my dogs have not started chasing deer. They are not violent toward each other or anyone else. I have a grandchild and they are both completely submissive to her, no licking her, no guarding of toys, no anxiety if she accidently falls on them. I think a lot of what people want to blame on raw is training.

My girls are both the same way, hungry all the time. I can't gorge them because they would not quit eating. They eat kibble with the same enthusiasm as real meat. My family doesn't help either they are always saying , "they're still hungry, you need to feed them more."

We are doing half and half right now too. Have run out of venison and can't afford to buy the right combos of eveything else. We do raw in the morning and kibble in the evening. I keep my percentages the same just on a smaller scale. Good luck with everything you have going on!

I don't use ziplock baggies. I keep all my grocery bags, the liners from cereal boxes, bread bags, etc., and use them. After use I just pitch them. This was a suggestion from someone on this sight and I think it was a great tip. Saves money and I'm recycling/reusing.

okay thanks. I found the expected levels on line and I'll just keep in mind what shoud be higher. Any idea what the price on this will be? If it comes out normal I'll do it once a year, if I'm off I might do it again in another 6 months.

I told my vet last time I was in that I had switched to RAW when he complimented me how clean my labs ears were. (She was always getting ear infections before RAW), and honestly he seemed better with it than the receptionist.

My first appointment to check how well I'm feeding and I don't know what the blood panels for a raw fed dog are supposed to be. Where do I find this info? I'm nervous about this because the receptionist wasn't happy that I was feeding raw and going with a revised shot schedule.